Automobile Chaika (Tchaika) Mark 1 / Gaz Mi3 (Export Brochure)

Gaz (Circa 1959), 1959. 1st Edition . No Binding. Good. Color Photographs. Soviet Folding Brochure For A High End Automomobile, Text In French, English And German. Light Wear, Center Crease, Sloppily Handwritten Translation Of Cover Title Written In Ink. The Mark 1 Chaika, The Gaz M13, Debuted In 1958. It Was Produced From 1959 To 1981, With 3,179 Built In All. The M13 Was Powered By A 195-Hp Sae Gross 5.5 L V8 And Driven Through A Push-Button Automatic Transmission Of A Similar Design To The Chrysler Torqueflite Unit. It Was Offered As A Saloon (Gaz 13), Limousine (Gaz 13A), And Four-Door Cabriolet (Gaz 13B) With An Electrohydraulic Top. The Cabriolet Was Made In 1961 And 1962 For Official Parades. As A Limousine-Class Car, Chaikas Were Available Only To The Soviet Government, And Could Not Be Purchased By Average Citizens. However, Citizens Were Allowed To Rent Chaikas For Weddings. Chaikas Were Used By Soviet Ambassadors And Communist Party First Secretaries In East Germany, Korea, Bulgaria, Hungary, Mongolia, And Finland, Among Others; Fidel Castro Was Given One By General Secretary Nikita Khrushchev, Who Himself Preferred The Chaika To His Zil, And Kept One At His Summer Dacha. For Their Larger Size And More Powerful V8, Chaikas Were Also Ordered In Some Quantity By The Kgb. Top Speed Was 99 Mph (159 Km/H). Most Chaikas Were Saloons. The Gaz 13 Was Discontinued In 1981.